WHY GYMNASTICS?

The skills children gain from participation in gymnastics will continue benefiting them throughout their lives! Gymnasts gain advanced physical ability, confidence, pride, self worth & respect, focus, determination and dedication.
Other benefits include learning goal setting, healthy lifestyle and good nutrition, travel, and Friends for life!
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PHYSICAL BENEFITS

• An increase in muscular strength, flexibility and endurance
• The ability to relax
• Correct body alignment while walking, standing, jumping etc. (posture)
• The knowledge of how to fall and roll safely
• Increased agility, coordination and balance

LINGUAL & EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS

• encourages the correct use of language when referring to skills, apparatus and motions
• opportunity to express their feelings and opinions
• reinforces and enhances vocabulary, beneath / behind, left, right, counting, shapes, colours etc.
• provides educational experiences

COGNITIVE BENEFITS

• Awareness of the body
• Awareness of space and where the body is in it
• Awareness of relationships: body parts to each other and the apparatus

SOCIAL BENEFITS

• understanding socially acceptable behavior
• respect for other people and coaches
• manners, sharing and waiting for a turn
• Friends with common interests and goals

PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS

• The joy of movement mastery
• Discipline and self control
• The exercise habit as a pleasurable daily occurrence
• Higher self esteem
• A confident self image and a positive attitude towards their bodies
• Trust in one's own abilities: move from a world of "I can't" to "I can"
• Learning to cope with stress and overcome fears
• Learning to monitor a situation and respond to it
• Problem solving skills